easter egg hunt

A 31-foot bronze statue of Confucius, installed less than four months ago in front of the National Museum in Beijing, disappeared overnight.

"All I can tell you is that I came to work in the morning and it was gone," a guard said.

Ai Weiwei, activist artist, detained April 3rd by Chinese officials while boarding a plane in Beijing bound for Hong Kong, has not been seen since.

Friends disappear, little towns vanish, we can't find our keys or our passports. Finally, at a certain age, time itself hides behind a veil.

And now the neuroscientist's tell us that "we are not conscious of the actual moment of the present. We are always a little late."

So today I start with the idea of disappearance in the belief that something's there. I'll get down on my knees if I have to and look around for what's missing, what wants to be found.

Under the big sky, amidst the wildflowers, at the base of the yucca.

In the country I know but can't recognize.